I really do not understand why there is not a bigger call for us to get Luke Fickell. He is what our program needs if we are looking for someone with coaching experience. Fickell has been on staff for 2 national titles. He was a D-Coordinator under Urban Meyer, so was Charlie.

1. We are rebuilding. Satterfield walked into a program where the scheme and culture was already established. He was an assistant on that staff for a coach he played for years ago. He didn't have to come in and make changes. He was an assistant at other low level programs for 3 years, but he only knows App State football.

Fickell was at Ohio State and played there, but he did coach under 2 different Hall of Fame coaches. He had to walk into a dumpster fire and he got them to 10 wins in only his 2nd season. He had to come in and turn around a program and change the culture, and he's proven he could to that quickly. He also had the 1 year of being an interim at Ohio State after Tressel was fired in May. Fickell knows what handling a bad situation is like in a big media market.

We need a coach that can come in and get things rolling quickly, Satterfield walked into an established culture, Fickell rebuilt a culture on won.


2. Recruiting. Satterfield has only been at a regional school and has never had to go after big talent outside of that part of the southeast. Fickell is from our region. Ohio State recruits nationally. Fickell has a commit right now from Trinity.

3. Coaching staff. Though Satterfield is respected and we will have the budget for good assistants, will they fit with him? He's been in the same school and system forever. Will he be comfortable with outsiders or will it fit? Fickell probably has connections to some of the best coaches and recruiters in the country. I would feel better with a Fickell staff than a Satterfield staff.

4. Fit. Satterfield coaches in a rural small "college town" in a conference that gets no media pressure. Fickell coaches in Cincinnati, an urban area, and has been the head coach at Ohio State where there was a lot of media pressure. Fickell knows this area.


5. Urban Meyer's coaching tree. It just has produced a lot of successful head coaches.

Remember that other guy we that was doing well in Cincinnati that we hired last spring? Chris Mack? Yeah, he seemed like a good fit. Satterfield is a great coach, but sometimes a good coach isn't a right fit. Charlie is a good coach and was a perfect fit here, but was he a good fit in Texas/Pac-12/Blueblood?

This next coach is taking over a roster in shambles. We will have an exodus of transfers and guys that need to be talked into staying. We will have a FCS level recruiting class. The new coach probably won't even be able to get his first class of guys in until the fall of 2020. Fickell could probably get us some guys now. Fickell has dealt with a coaching change and a rebuild. Satterfield ONLY knows App State.

Fickell is a better fit. Change my mind.

Hearing there may be a decommitment from Louisville's class of 2019. I'll keep you all updated when I get more information.

BOWL GAME SELECTIONS 2018

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TOP 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS 2018
Lets take a look at how our College Football Playoff model would project this year in College Football Today.
SEC Championship - #1 Alabama vs #5 Georgia
Big Ten Championship - #22 NorthWestern vs #6 Ohio St
ACC Championship - #2 Clemson vs #23 Pitt
Big 12 Championship - #7 Oklahoma vs #15 Texas
PAC-12 Championship - #8 Washington vs #19 Utah
Wow, so we would automatically have Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Washington in the College Football 8 Team Playoff as automatic Power 5 Conference winning bids for the right to compete in the CFP. The remaining three teams are now very visibly easy to mostly everyone involved with this selection process and they would be as follows: Notre Dame, Georgia and UCF. The winning streak UCF has been able to produce has been quite fun to watch and they were able to complete yet another undefeated season in the American Conference. Many would argue for others for that remaining 8th ranking in the College Football Playoff, but their overall body of work would then be much harder to look past.
1. Alabama vs Washington
2. Clemson vs UCF
3. Notre Dame vs Ohio State




HS ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL GAME

The Scout Trout All-American Bowl was held at the 2018 NFL Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama and was our first ever successful bowl event in terms of producing over 100 scholarship offers out of one game in total. Many FBS teams attended, like South Alabama, who are currently recruiting Top RB recruit Jay Stanton. This year, we moved our 2019 All-American Bowl to Dallas,TX at Alfred J Loos Sports Complex and our Bowl is now known as the College Football Today All-American Bowl. Playbook will be released in full in the next two weeks. Check out some of the videos from the event below or visit www.ScoutTrout.com to learn more about our College and Pro football training.


BEST CFB PLAYS 2018



Most of the best CFB plays in 2018 were run out of very similar formations and sets that we use at College Football Today to enhance each Student-Athletes' recruiting experience by finding the right scheme for each athlete in our All-American Bowl.

The Last Days of Knight. ?

Pretty good piece.

"Multiple sources have indicated to me that Satterfield has put off inquiries from all other suitors (GT, Colorado, and perhaps one other) in order to speak with Tyra first tomorrow."

This was posted yesterday, meaning they will talk today. I thought that that was interesting.

Would be nice to have a coach that actually WANTS to be here

Word on the street that Tyra has reached out to him and could interview him.

baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo
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Baby shark!

New guy on the market, Green Bay just fired McCarthy.

They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
and they're coming to take me away ha ha

"The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part"
- Tom Petty

- On Friday, a source at Appalachian State told us Satterfield and Tyra were going to meet Saturday night. That plan changed Saturday morning and I updated the thread yesterday at 2 pm to reflect the shift.

- I believe Tyra and Satterfield are meeting today. What time today is the question. How quickly will we hear is another question.

- I certainly have my ear to the ground (and texts and DMs out there).

- I still believe Satterfield is the top candidate and if everything goes well in the meeting he'll be Louisville's next football coach.

- Wrapping up a bit on the Brohm deal or no deal. Just for the record, it wasn't just a "feeling" from me last week when I posted that I was feeling good - it was word from recruits, word from agents, assistant coaches looking for houses and filling out the coaching staff kinda done... but then, of course, it wasn't... this isn't NEARLY that far along, but I am feeling good.

- While we are waiting... here are some links:

- Dave Lackford broke the story on Jon Greenard's transfer: https://louisville.rivals.com/news/louisville-defensive-end-intends-to-transfer-to-florida

- Louisville ended up playing 4 teams in the final Top 20:
https://louisville.forums.rivals.com/threads/final-college-football-playoff-rankings-released.42773/

Here's more about the top DC option: https://louisville.forums.rivals.co...ld-be-a-big-day-for-louisvilles-future.42728/

Richard Owens at WKU, etc... https://louisville.forums.rivals.co...ts-taking-visits-elsewhere.42731/#post-524211

Does anybody think that Jordan Travis returning to the team is a possibility? He obviously was not happy under the previous circumstances, but that doesn't mean he couldn't be happy under a new regime. As it stands, he has to sit out a year to be able to play somewhere else. Might we see him return and compete to be the starting QB in 2019?

"Jonathan Greenard confirmed today with the UofL Athletics department he and his family have not had any communications with the University of Florida about transferring."

UofL also said "Jonathan Greenard has not put his name into the NCAA transfer portal."

It is my understanding that players aren't supposed to have contact with another school until their transfer paperwork is complete so it is no surprise at all that Greenard hasn't talked with Florida yet.

I think Lackford's report still stands based on what we are hearing: https://louisville.rivals.com/news/louisville-defensive-end-intends-to-transfer-to-florida

With Brohm and Venables being off the board, here's what I would like to see:

Ryan Day, OC Ohio State. Coaches an explosive offense and recruits National Championship contender players. Recruiting ties are mostly in the fertile grounds of the northeast. Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.

Day hires Randy Shannon as DC. Shannon has always fielded a good defense and is DEEPLY entrenched in Florida recruiting, especially the Miami area.

Hire these two and you get great coaching along with a HUGE established recruiting footprint.

Yes? No? Maybe? Totally friggin impossible lol? Man did just get fired. Probably a bourbon guy.

How many on here agree with the Chiefs for releasing Kareem Hunt once the video of him out of control hitting and kicking a female became public?

Personally, I believe in our constitution and honor that everyone should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. That video shows he was guilty of losing his temper and assaulting that young woman. The Chiefs did the responsible thing and released him once the video became available to the public.

What I am a little confused by is this happened in February (if what I read is true), so why didn't the Chiefs act then? I know they claim they hadn't seen the video. Not sure I believe that. Feels like a cover-up exposed to me.

More questions. Why on earth does this keep happening in the NFL? There is a long ugly history of this behavior in the NFL. Is the game just so violent that the players are unable to turn on and off that button or is this a bigger deeper social issue that needs to be addressed thru discussion?

Devastating day as a UofL fan. There's no other way to spin it.

Yes we will get a coach and will probably get a good coach, but Brohm was the only one who could almost immediately put energy back into the program. Brohm would have almost single hand-idly locked down recruiting for UofL in Jefferson County. Brohm would have had the season tickers holders immediately renewing. Brohm would have brought a hope that this football program, indeed this whole university, needs right now.

I respect Brohm's decision and have respect for the fact that he wanted to show loyalty to his players. It shows how much he cares for them and I can't fault any coach for wanting to stay with his players.

With that said, Brohm will never be at Purdue or any other university what he could have been at UofL. Brohm will never be able to win a National Title or Big Ten title at Purdue, Purdue simply doesn't have the football profile or facilities. At best he can win some Big Ten West titles and have some really good 9 - 3, 10 - 2 type season. At UofL I truly believe Brohm could have won a National Title and in the very least could have won several ACC titles. Even if Brohm has great success at Purdue, he'll always just be a great coach to them. Purdue fans will never have the connection with Brohm that UofL fans have. At UofL he had a chance to become a legend. To become our Bear Bryant, our Knute Rockne, our Bobby Bowden or our Nick Saban. Brohm at UofL had a chance to become the most beloved person in the entire city of Louisville. To become royalty in the city of Louisville. To have schools and roads named after him. Heck, there would be many UofL fans (myself included) who would be okay renaming the city after him if he brought UofL a National Title.

Brohm had a chance to finally finish the vision his head coach, Howard Schnellenberger, laid out all those years ago. The prodigal son, the first elite recruit that bought into Howard's vision, coming home to finish the vision. It would've been a story that Hollywood couldn't have written.

I respect Brohm's decision, and still consider him and the Brohm family the first family of UofL football. With that said, I truly believe Brohm just made the worst decision of his life. He may not regret it immediately, or even in a couple of years, but l do believe later on in life he will greatly regret his decision to not become head football coach here at UofL.

I wish him the best of luck in his coaching career.

Rank. Team

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Oklahoma
5. Georgia
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. UCF
9. Washington
10. Florida
11. LSU
12. Penn State
13. Washington State
14. Kentucky
15. Texas
16. West Virginia
17. Utah
18. Mississippi State
19. Texas A&M
20. Syracuse
21. Fresno State
22. Northwestern
23. Missouri
24. Iowa State
25. Boise State

And the lack of news is driving me INSANE.

Anyone down for another rumor thread?

Guess that conference isn’t very well respected after all. Good thing they pay each team a lot of money - takes some of the sting out of it.

$EC has - “it just means more”.

B1G’s should be - “it just doesn’t count for much.”

Joe Whitt Jr may be someone that would interview with Satterfield (or whoever our new coach may be) for a more stable coaching gig for a few years. NFL, and P5 experience, and strong recruiting chops ...

Could be nice ... just sayin'

Where’s the news, the leaks, the rumors?
Tyra Meeting with Satterfield...
Tyra talks to Mel Tucker’s agent...
Nick Saban shows interest in UL job...
Bobby Petrino was influenced by aliens...
Santa to give boils lumps of coal for Christmas...
Jalen Hurts and Kelly Bryant fight over chance to be next Cardinal QB...

C’mon....let’s hear something!!!

What is the word? Is there an interview today?

Solid consensus on UofL...

ESPN
Sagarin
S&P+

Peace

Kansas State's Bill Snyder announces retirement today. He signed a 5 year extension a few months ago.

https://www.kansas.com/

Here's a link to their list:

Brent Vanables is on it. Seth Littrell, Jim Leavitt, Chris Kleiman (ND State), Mike Norvell, Neil Brown, Mike Leach, Gary Patterson, Blake Anderson (Arkansas State)

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article222265515.html